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Chapter 3: Expensive Ancient Books

At this moment, he is actually not what he originally was.

Instead, it is filled with seven-colored streams of light.

Not to mention the appearance, even the body shape cannot be roughly determined.

Looking around, most of the people walking around on the street look like this.

This "anonymous" effect is a built-in function of this terminal.

It is a "black market" after all.

Although Shen Yi intends to explore the surrounding shops, the most important thing now is to determine the value of the "antiques".

He allowed himself to blend into every "colorful figure" around him as much as possible. Even his steps were kept at a similar pace, and he came to a certain corner of the street unhurriedly. Here, there was a restaurant In his eyes, the store is different from other buildings.

the reason is simple.

From a modern perspective, there is nothing wrong with the decoration of this store.

The exterior wall is made of blue stone bricks, and there is a brown wooden plaque. There is a bell hanging inside the door. When you push the door and enter, it will make a clear sound. Whether it is the rows of wooden shelves placed against the wall or the side blocking the guests. The counters all look very natural, no different from modern antique stores.

This is why Shen Shi noticed this place last time.

First time, second time familiar, he opened the door and walked in. The first thing he saw was a colorful figure in front of the counter and the collector sitting behind the counter.

Are there other guests?

Shen Shi glanced at the collector and walked over calmly.

"welcome."

The collector looked over with his eyes that glowed with soft light. He spoke a language that Shen Shi could not understand, but a simultaneous translation came to his ears.

"It's me." What came out of Shen Shi's mouth was a slightly dull voice that had been modified by the terminal, and no emotion could be heard.

But it made the blue light in the collector's eyes brighter.

"It turns out he is an honored guest." The collector even put down the guest in front of him and walked towards Shen Shi.

There is no anonymous colorful streamer on his body, nor any clothes. It is a body that is a mixture of art and technology. On its crystal clear trunk like white jade, various patterns are woven with golden lines, and even The internal structure is still vaguely visible, and blue light surges through his body with every move he makes, giving him a mysterious color.

The word "robot" cannot describe this body at all.

Shen Shi was not sure whether this was his real appearance or a virtual image in this trading market... Anyway, his terminal did not have the function of fabricating an image.

But none of this matters.

Shen Shi watched the collector walk up to him without saying a word, playing the role of "taciturn".

"What does your distinguished guest want to trade when you visit the store this time?"

The Collector's voice is indistinguishable from male to female and tends to be neutral, because the language he uses cannot be understood and the tone cannot be understood.

However, just when Shen Shi was thinking about how to speak, the invisible guest on the other side suddenly interrupted.

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished the transaction yet." This is also incomprehensible language, but it seems to be different from what the collector uses.

"Guest." The collector looked at the guest, "I cannot accept the items you brought out."

The rules of this place are very strange. There is no currency, but bartering, which seems extremely inconvenient.

But maybe there are other reasons that Shen Shi doesn't know.

At this moment, another customer came over to interrupt, and Shen Shi didn't pay attention. He was in such a place that transcended the world view, adhering to the principle of "talking too much will lead to mistakes". At this moment, he just put his eyes on the counter that was originally placed on the counter.

of another thing.

It should be the item that another customer wants to trade.

I just don’t know whether to take it in or take it out.

But the moment he saw that thing clearly, Shen Shi's pupils shrank slightly.

If it weren't for the cover of the colorful streamers, he would have been discovered.

But you can’t blame him, because it is a book!

It was a mutilated, withered book that seemed to have more than half of it burned off, but there were clearly two words on the remaining cover.

--grandson!

It’s obvious Chinese characters, this is a book of its own time!

Sun Tzu? Based on the rest of the part, Shen Shi already had a guess, it should be Sun Tzu's Art of War!

His heart was pounding, but he didn't say anything, because he had realized that this was a good opportunity to see whether the books of his time were valued here and what their value was.

It would be better if the two men bargained.

While listening, he continued to focus on the book, looking somewhat interested.

The guest who also concealed his appearance did not care and continued: "This is the latest product of Adelaide Civilization! You should know how popular it is. If you take it out for currency transactions, the price will definitely be within the range of your book.

Above!"

Shen Shi's eyes were also attracted by another thing that appeared in the guest's hand.

It was a suspended black liquid.

It looks like it's half the size of a person, and it's constantly surging, as if it's alive.

The situation is obvious. This should be the item that the guest took out and wanted to trade for this book.

But what exactly is this?

When Shen Shi thought this way, the collector still refused to trade.

"If you can buy it outside, then just buy it outside. You should understand the rules here. I don't need this kind of simulated deformation material, so the value will be greatly reduced. In addition, I am not an antique dealer, I am a collector.

Home."

If the last sentence was translated accurately, Shen Shi would also understand it.

Antique dealers are there to make money, but collectors are just there to collect.

If the price is exciting enough, you may sell it, but at least you won't sell your collection for a slightly higher price when you are not short of money.

As if seeing the collector's firm attitude, the guest was silent for a while and then asked syllable by syllable: "I only trade with this, how much do you want?"

"Ten times." The collector's lips, woven with gold thread, opened slightly.

"Impossible!" The guest's tone also changed, but through this translation alone, Shen Shi seemed to be able to see his determination.

"This is the bottom line." The collector didn't say anything more, but once again set his sights on Shen Shi, "Where is this distinguished guest, what does he want to trade this time?"

Shen Shi did not reply.

He was just thinking.

It seems that I also have a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War in my room.

You don’t need to think for too long before you can make a decision.

For him now, the most important thing is to find ways to learn more information and maximize his own interests. Otherwise, even if he holds the gold mountain, he may not be able to sell it at a good price.

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